Chapter 13: Treasure
Baidu search: read the novel // It is also an adventure, Li Xian gambled on his net worth, but Wei Zheng staked the livelihood of the entire Changshan Village, if there is no treasure in the manor, or those treasures have been discovered and taken away by the Yang family, they will not only find nothing, but even cause dissatisfaction among the villagers, which is what Gao Xiuer is most worried about
Wei Zheng said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a risk, Wei has already considered that now the taxes of the counties and counties don't need to be paid, if there is no treasure, use the taxes to make up."
Gao Xiu'er sighed and said, "That's the only way."
Seeing that Gao Xiu'er had agreed to exchange the shares of the salt farm for the Yang family manor, Li Jing stroked his palm and said: "Without further ado, we should send someone to take over the Yang family manor tonight."
Wei Zheng muttered: "This is a confidential matter, you need to find a trustworthy person to take charge of the manor, and then you can slowly search for treasures."
Gao Xiu'er thought for a while and said, "I think it's better to tell Brother Huayun that I can trust him."
"Brother Huayun is the general of Yingyang Mansion, General Li is the captain of Yingyang Mansion, Wei is the official position of Yanguan and county order, and the thirteen Taibao are all under Xiao Dapeng, Wei can't trust them now," Wei Zheng shook his head and said honestly
Li Jing hesitated for a moment and said: "Li has a candidate."
"Who"
"Han Shige Han Gongzi"
Since Han Shige fled to Jiangnan with Hou Susu and Chen Fangling, he has been living in Changshan Village, and he gets along well with everyone, but he is an outsider after all, and many secrets of Changshan Village are hidden from them, Gao Xiuer can't help but hesitate, but he can't find a suitable candidate, and he said after a long time: "In this case, please ask Han Gongzi to temporarily take charge of the Yang family's manor."
Speaking of this, Gao Xiu'er sighed again and said: "If the husband is in these things, I don't need to be careful, alas, there has been no news from the west, which makes people really worried."
Li Jing also showed worry on his face and said: "Relying only on the news of the carriage and horse travel, it is still too closed, and when I find the treasure, Li took a few people to the west to find out."
Gao Xiu'er stroked her bulging abdomen, remembering that Zhang Chuchen was also pregnant like herself, she had always been soft-hearted, how could she bear to let Li Jing leave Zhang Chuchen at this time, and couldn't help but shake her head and said: "Forget it, big brother, don't worry, maybe there will be news in a few days."
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In the early morning, Li Jing ordered two hundred soldiers to escort Gao Xiu'er and Vanilla to the manor on the outskirts of the city, and Han Shige and Han Zhong stepped forward together and said: "It's all handed over, the Yang family has taken nothing away, and even a few slaves who have been sprinkled and swept have been left."
In the eyes of those dignitaries, slaves are like property, they can be abandoned or given away at will, not to mention that this matter is a small action made by Li Xian, those slaves Li Xian want to come, it is useless, in case a few of them are more clever to peep through his thoughts, and it is not beautiful to leak them to the Yang family, it is better to send these slaves to Changshan Village as a personal favor
Gao Xiu'er waved her hand and said, "Send them all to Changshan Village."
She came today to find the treasure, these slaves are the old people of the Yang family, so naturally she can't let them stay in the manor
For the pattern of the manor, Vanilla has long been familiar with the heart, into the manor to see, the whole layout has not changed in the slightest, the only difference may be that the trees in the garden have grown taller, which makes Vanilla more confident, leading Gao Xiu'er, Li Jing, Wei Zheng, Hua Yun, Han Shige and Han Zhong straight to the back house to a remote courtyard, this courtyard is said to be the mother of Vanilla, Princess Yueyang, where the Buddha recites the Buddha
Today's task is to find the treasure, the fewer people who know, the better, all the soldiers are outside, no one comes in, once the treasure is found, it is impossible to transport it away immediately, and this manor will be under the control of Han Shige, so he did not hide it from him and Han Zhong, and Gao Xiu'er has absolute trust in Hua Yun, and invited him over
The door of the small courtyard is closed, a copper lock on the door has been rusted, it has not been opened for many years, in fact, this is also normal, the focus of the Yang family is in the capital and the north, after obtaining this manor, it has been idle, until later, for the sake of the salt field, Yang Jishan has lived here for more than a year, Yang Jishan likes to drink and have fun, knowing that this small courtyard is a Buddhist hall, naturally there is no interest, and he has never been here
Hua Yun didn't say a word, took out his saber, and locked it twice according to the copper lock, and a stream of dust came out of the door, making Hua Yun disgraced
The small courtyard is very simple, only three brick houses at a glance, the whole manor is mainly wooden buildings, this small courtyard is all brick houses, but there are some different herbs, go straight to the middle of the brick house, push the door, only to hear the sound of "boom", the door responds and rises a large piece of dust, it turns out that this door has not been opened and closed for many years, it has been decayed, there is a Buddha statue in the middle of the room, the ground has accumulated thick dust, the beams and the Buddha statue are hung with cobwebs
Seeing this scene, Vanilla was overjoyed and said, "Sister, no one should have touched here."
Han Shige frowned and said, "What can I hide in this empty house?"
Vanilla pointed at the Buddha statue and said, "You come with me."
Standing in front of the Buddha statue, Vanilla bowed three times reverently, and then reached out to touch the top of the Buddha's head, and I don't know whether it was because of excitement or fear, Vanilla's hands trembled uncontrollably, and it took a long time before pressing the top of the Buddha's head
Everyone only felt a shock under their feet, the base of the Buddha statue actually moved, making a "squeak" sound, in the dim room was very gritty, Vanilla himself was also startled, quickly flashed to the side, and when he looked again, there was a black hole under the Buddha statue
Hua Yun was overjoyed and said: "There is a secret passage here, I'll go down and take a look"
Wei Zheng stopped him and said, "Let's put a candle down and take a look."
Hua Yun was puzzled: "Why"
Wei Zheng said: "Judging from the dust on the ground, this secret passage has not been entered for a long time, and it is inevitable that it will accumulate yīn qi, so it is better to be careful."
In confined spaces such as secret passages and cellars, if the ventilation is not good, a large amount of toxic gases will often accumulate, and if it goes down rashly, it will lead to poisoning or suffocation due to lack of oxygen, and the ancients did not understand the truth, and it was often explained that yīn qi was too heavy, but Wei Zheng's coping method was still very correct
There was a ready-made candle in front of the Buddha statue, although it had been placed for many years, it could still be lit, Han Zhong tore off a piece of curtain, and hung it into the secret passage together with the bronze base of the candle, and the candle light was dim, and there was no sign of extinguishing after a pillar of incense, and it was swaying gently in the secret passage, Wei Zheng finally reassured and said: "There should be a ventilated place to go in."
Hua Yun is in a hurry, and he has to break in first
This time, he was pulled by vanilla and said, "The dude asked me to go ahead"
Hua Yun said: "Where can so many big men let your little girl walk in front"
Vanilla said solemnly: "There are several forks in the road that you can't get out if you go wrong."
There will definitely be a mechanism in this kind of secret passage, although the mechanism of this era is not very perverted, but being trapped in it is really called every day, and the earth is not spiritual, and the flowers and clouds are not good, and they no longer quarrel with each other
Gao Xiu'er saw that the vanilla god was a little nervous, shook her hand lightly and said, "Sister, I'll go down with you."
"Sister, you are inconvenient, don't go down," Vanilla breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Give me a torch and I can do it"
This weak little girl has also become brave today, although Gao Xiu'er is a little reluctant in her heart, she still nodded vigorously, Hua Yun and the others followed Vanilla and carefully drilled into the secret passage, although Gao Xiu'er also wanted to go down, but thinking of the little life in her belly, she finally gave up, and Gao Xiu'er, who was heavy in the room, couldn't help but shiver, and the time was like a snail, crawling very slowly, and there was no movement at the entrance of the hole, Gao Xiu'er gradually became anxious, but she was concerned about the safety of Vanilla and others, but she refused to go out of the door no matter what
More than an hour passed, Gao Xiu'er felt like a year had passed, a trace of cold sweat flowed down her back, wetting the belt around her waist, and suddenly there was a cheer from the hole, Hua Yun was the first to drill out, and shouted excitedly: "Sister-in-law has found it, I have found it."
Although there are not many mechanisms in the secret passage, but there are nine bends and eighteen bends underground, it is impossible to distinguish the direction at all, if it is not for the vanilla to know the secret notes at every corner, it is difficult for people to find the way back, even so, everyone does not dare to breathe a sigh of relief until they see the light at the entrance of the cave, but the treasures in the cave are very amazing, boxes of gold and silver are neatly stacked at the end of the secret passage, pearls, agate, all kinds of gems, There are countless jades, and according to Wei Zheng's estimates, the entire treasure even exceeds the treasury of the Nanchen Xiao Dynasty back then, which is more than enough to feed an army of 100,000 people
Of course, so many treasures could not be transported by a few of them alone, but they still brought some gold nuggets and a jade seal, which can temporarily relieve the urgent need, as for the jade seal, because it was placed in a very conspicuous position, Wei Zheng easily brought it up, wanting to see what kind of treasure it was
Seeing the smiles on everyone's faces, Gao Xiu'er didn't know why, and suddenly remembered the Geng post hidden under the pillow, and sighed: "I knew that there were these treasures, why did the husband go to the Xie family, if the husband knew the news, how happy he would be, but unfortunately he doesn't know where it is now."
In order to get the support of the Xie family, Gao Xiuer even took the initiative to hide her relationship with Liu Ziqiu, and now with these treasures, she can finally raise her eyebrows
Li Jing didn't know what Gao Xiu'er was thinking in his heart, and hurriedly comforted: "Brother and sister, don't worry, I will send someone to Longxi tomorrow, as long as I make more gold and silver, I can't hear the news?"
Han Zhong patted his chest and said: "Mrs. Liu, Han fought in the Guanlong area in her early years, and this matter will be handed over to Han."
Gao Xiu'er hesitated: "General Han is ...... old"
Han Zhong said without thinking: "Han can open the bow and ride a horse, what is old, now my son-in-law and Miss Su Su have you to take care of Han, and if you have nothing else to worry about, let Han talk about his meager efforts."